RAF aircrafts MIA on May 13 1940 over Belgium

[Pieter H]

Hi Hugh,

2 questions related to your inputs:

• From other sources I have the 53 Sqn aircraft that returned damaged to Vitry as the L4861, same crew. Do we have additional data that confirms any of the 2 as the correct aircraft code?
• The N6173 of 59 Sqn is mostly reported as having crashed in Neerwinden, Belgium. That makes it pretty unrealistic tahat P/O Chamberlain died in a Luxembourg hospital if the location is correct. So again, do you have additional info that can confirm this (in which case we have to match the Neerwinden crash to another machine)?

Kind regards, Pieter

[montana]

Hi Blenheim,

Concerning the crew members of N6173, P/O Croyden J.E. Chamberlain is reported killed on May 14. The others were Sgt Frederick J.J. Evans and AC1 Frank Hands. All were commemorated on the Runnymede memorial.

Another crew of the 59 Sqn is still missing on that date : F/Lt Peter A. Hawks, Sgt George E. Seldon and AC1 Clifford G. Shaw. I don't know the code and the serial of this Blenheim.

Rgds.

[montana]

Hi Blenheim,

The Blenheim P6930 of the 57 Sqn crashed at Vlijtingen on May 12, 1940...

Rgds.